Railroad Tales and a Santa Fe Collision in California
A San Bernardino area report details L. A. Beeson leaving on a local as a Santa Fe limited crashed into it near the depot. The wreck crushed the rear coach to kindling. Also noted are a marriage in Albuquerque, a Harvey project in Hopi country, and a huge 900,000 silver dollar shipment concealed in a Mexican-bound car. An eagle attacked a moving engine near Agate Colorado wounding crew. Another collision near Glendora involved the Santa Fe Limited and a local, with fourteen passengers slightly injured.
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L. A
Herman Schtayr
Lor
Cal Harvey
Oraihl
Grand’ Canyon
Santa Fe
Guther
Kansas City
Mexico
Welle-Pargo Express
Albuquerque
Sandies Mountains
Rock Itland & Pacific
Rocky Mountain Limited
Agate
Colo
Frank Barlow
Low
William Brewington
John Snyder
Fnally
Santa FE Limited
Glendor
Los Angeles
Glendora
Sani Fe Limited
Clem Hing
Santa Fe Workers Report 16 of 19 Reinstatement Wins
B F Pettibone of the Santa Fe division says the grievance committee won 16 of 19 reinstatement cases at a biennial conference in Los Angeles with Santa Fe management. He notes good relations and harmony between the company and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, adding that Western Santa Fe crews are notably content.
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B. F. Pettibone
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Brotherhood of Railway
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Pettibone
United States
New Line Being Rapidly Built in New Mexico
Frank J. Thomas, agent for St. Louis Rocky Mountain & Pacific Coal and Coke, arrived in Albuquerque to inspect progress on the Rocky Mountain Route. Heavy snow slowed work, but the line from Taos valley to Des Moines with connections to Colorado Southern and Santa Fe proceeds, with Keehler as temporary terminus. The project boosts Raton and northern New Mexico real estate and business as rolling rock orders arrive.
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Frank J. Thomas
N. M
Colorado Southern
Raton
Santa Fe
Keehler
el Paso & Northeastern
Thomias
Elke
New Mexico
Albuquerque Chinamen Celebrate New Year Lengthily Yet Quietly
The Albuquerque Chinese community wraps up New Year festivities after two weeks of observance. They begin with prayers to the Great Spirit in their joss, display a flowery king figure, and light fireworks. Local belief holds the year numbers 31 and 42, with a superstition about thirteen months making this year luckier. Debt payment on New Year’s Day is noted as common in China, though not in America.
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Albuquerque
China
America
Mail carrier shot near Kingman ends in death
The Kingman Miner reports that T. C. Lake was mortally wounded by EliEl Ogden near Coyote Hill while Ogden was delivering mail from Kingman to Corlat. Lake died after a day of agony in hospital. A coroner’s jury charged Ogden with murder. he was held to the grand jury without bail. A witness Hugh Holland aided the wounded man and transported him to town.
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Coyote Hill
Bel Ogden
T. C. Lake
Kingman
Ogden
Corlat
Lake
Cerbat
Coyote Holes
Hugh Holland
W. B. Campbell
Corbat
EB. Ogden
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Relief for Catarrh
An ad touts Ely's Cream Balm as a simple dryin' method to clear secretions and soothe membrana, claiming it cures catarrh or cold in the head without irritation. It notes a 10 cent mailed sample and lists Ely Brothers of New York as the makers, urging use on irritated nasal passages for relief.
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Ely
Rome
Boo
Ely Brothers
Warren Bt
N.Y
Nanal Catarti Nou
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West and of Viaduct
Coal Ave
2D ST
Dinary
Nator
Colorado
New York
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Harvey
Lora Anderson
Alexandria
George R. Craig
California
McKays
Grevance Committee
Eliel Ogden
Castro
New York State
United States Senate
Wall Street
Lofton
la Sintilla
Havana
Beaiers
The
St. Elmo
Joseph Barnett
Prop
Third Street
Emil Kleinwort
Masonic
North Third Street
Axxexikulia Elk
London Glub
Grannis
Ee Pioneer
Simon Balling
Brea
Firat
S. Firat Street
F. G. Pratt &Co
Casino
Heekin & Co
Imooden
Hillsboro
South Second Street
A. E. Walker
Re Insurance
Mutual Building Association
J. C Haldridge
GRADI
M. Dragoie
North Broadway
Washington Avenue
Albuquerue
N. M A.D. Johnson
Amsu
Sampson Wind Mills
Automatio
N. Peach & CO
West Gold Avenue
A. Sleyster
Cromwell Block
W.H. Hahn & Co
GOTH
Gross, Kelly & Co., Inc
Wool, Hide and Pelt Dealers
Las Vegas
Imperial Laundry CO
Albuquerque Carriage CO
Eccecoone
RIO Grande Lumber CO
Marquette
Williams Drug Co
West Railroad Avenue
Sam
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Kurber & Go, Wholegale and Retail
Albuquerque, NW
Standard Heating & Plumbing Company
Belen
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Galveston
San Francisco
el Paso
Old Mexico
Belen Town and Improvement Company
Belen Patent
Ee Santa FE
Cee Ee Elen
John .Becker
WM. M. Berger
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